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Maxine Trottier

    Maxine Trottier est une autrice primée dont les œuvres jeunesse s'ancrent profondément dans l'histoire. Sa fascination pour le passé, nourrie par son expérience d'enseignante et sa passion pour la voile, la pousse à explorer la vie et les expériences de ceux qui ont façonné les récits historiques. Descendante des 'filles du roi' et des soldats de Carignan, elle apporte une connexion personnelle à ses recherches, se plongeant dans des histoires de courage et de résilience.

    Canadian Inventors
    Canadian Pioneers
    Sister to the Wolf
    Canadian Explorers
    • Canadian Explorers

      • 52pages
      • 2 heures de lecture
      4,0(4)Évaluer

      Meet five amazing adventurers and learn about their historic Canadian journeys. Meet five explorers whose travels opened up our country! Packed full of illustrations and photographs, this book includes the biographies of Pierre de La Verendrye and Samuel Hearne, as well as Jacques Cartier, who gave Canada its name; Samuel de Champlain, the founder of Quebec; and David Thompson, the man who mapped close to four million square kilometres of Canada and is still considered one of the world's greatest geographers. Canadian Explorers includes a table of contents, historic photographs and full colour art, and is perfect for curriculum use.

      Canadian Explorers
    • Sister to the Wolf

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture
      4,2(19)Évaluer

      In early 18th-century Quebec, a headstrong young girl must make difficult decisions after she defies convention and buys a slave his freedom.

      Sister to the Wolf
    • Canadian Pioneers

      • 44pages
      • 2 heures de lecture
      3,8(8)Évaluer

      Read the amazing true stories of five pioneers who helped shape our country. Follow Marie-Anne Gaboury as she treks across Canada with her husband. Learn how Louis Hébert became the first habitant as he made his living as a farmer. All the stories will make you appreciate how this country came to be.

      Canadian Pioneers
    • Canadian Inventors

      • 46pages
      • 2 heures de lecture

      Five fascinating biographies of some of the most famous Canadian inventors who ever lived. From Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone, to James Naismith and the game of basketball, this book is written in easy-to-understand language and is a terrific introduction to Canadians who have changed how we live today

      Canadian Inventors